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Since 1993, the Permanent Mission of Armenia to the United Nations is housed at 119 East 36th Street in Manhattan, New York.In 1993, the building was presented as a gift to the Government of Armenia by Kevork and Sirvart Hovnanian, members of the prominent Hovnanian family known as much for their construction business as their philanthropy in Armenia and the Diaspora.
Map of Armenian diplomatic missions. This is a list of diplomatic missions of Armenia. Armenia is a landlocked country located in the Southern Caucasus. Over 8 million Armenians reside abroad, with large communities located in Russia, France, Iran, United States, Georgia, Lebanon, Argentina, and Ukraine.
New York City, the largest city in the United States, is home to the General Assembly of the United Nations, and all 195 member and observer states send permanent delegations. Nine diplomatic missions in New York City listed below are also formally accredited as each country's official embassy to the United States. There are 108 missions in the ...
The embassy is located at 2225 R Street, NW in the Sheridan-Kalorama neighborhood. [1] After declaring independence in 1991, Armenia established diplomatic relations with the United States and opened its embassy in February 1993 with the arrival of Ambassador Rouben Shugarian. The current ambassador, Lilit Makunts, was appointed in August 2021.
The Armenian Evangelical Church of New York, the oldest Armenian institution in the New York metropolitan area, was founded in 1896. It is located at 152 East 34th Street, in Manhattan, New York City. [1] Rev. H.H. Khazoyan was the first pastor of the church.
A number of Armenians have entered into politics. The first Armenian to hold a high position office was Republican Steven Derounian, a Bulgarian-born Armenian, represented New York from 1953 to 1965 in the House of Representatives. [203] George Deukmejian became the Republican governor of California in 1983 and left the office in 1991.
Prime Minister of Armenia List of presidents of the United States Term end 1918: Armen Garo [1] Hovhannes Kajaznuni: Woodrow Wilson: 1920: December 25, 1991: Diplomatic relations reestablished with Armenia Vazgen Manukyan: George H. W. Bush: September 19, 1992: Alexander Arzumanyan: Khosrov Harutyunyan: George H. W. Bush: March 1, 1993: June 11 ...
[4] [5] The Permanent Mission is also accredited as the Armenian Embassy to Austria and Slovakia. [6] The building concurrently hosts Armenia's Mission to the UN Offices at Vienna. The Mission in Vienna serves as one of three permanent representations of Armenia to the United Nations, with the other two being based in New York and Geneva.